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Unspoken Rules

By Lora Inak
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Unspoken Rules by Lora Inak is a compelling young adult novel exploring the life of a teenage girl navigating the complexities of growing up within a close-knit Lebanese-Australian family. It delves into themes of identity, cultural expectations, and the tension between traditional values and contemporary pressures. With its heartfelt storytelling, the book paints a vivid picture of the struggles and triumphs in the search for self-understanding.
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You might enjoy this book if you're captivated by stories that delve into cultural identity and the challenges of fitting into two worlds. It explores the journey of navigating teen life while balancing family expectations and personal desires, offering a heartfelt look at growing up and finding one's voice.

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Unspoken Rules is a fresh and inspiring story about family, first love, walking a cultural tightrope and freedom.

Unspoken Rules is about a Syrian girl, living in Australia trying to balance life at home within the Christian Orthodox community and life at school.

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Seventeen-year-old Natalie has two lives. At home, her life is governed by the unspoken rules of her Christian Orthodox background. At school, she is the Syrian girl who never goes to parties. She pretends she doesn't care, but deep down she just wants to be like everyone else.

Natalie wants to have the freedom to choose her own destiny... to fall in love with the new boy without fear of repercussions.

Unspoken Rules is a fresh and inspiring story about family, first love, walking a cultural tightrope, and freedom.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781925563146

Publisher: Wombat Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 September 2017

Country: Australia

Imprint: Rhiza Edge

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 212

Collections

Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction Lora Inak Young Adult Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

About the Author

Lora began her writing journey aged ten - with a short story featuring an evil eyeball named Optic. Not her finest work but fortunately she kept on writing (Mills and Boon style short stories in her teens). Lora is married with a son, a daughter, a rescue dog called Chloe and a possum that won’t go away (Chloe and the possum are often at war). She lives in the burbs of Melbourne, has a full time corporate job in Marketing, a passion for food, Harry Potter, Anne of Green Gables, coloured pencils, books books and more books, and an obsession with neatness (which is hard to come by with two kids, a dog, and a possum).

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